Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Tria Beauty wins lawsuit against rival Oregon Aesthetics

Dublin-based Tria had sued Oregon Aesthetic Technologies over a "blue light acne treatment device," saying it was falsely advertised as having been clinically tested and approved by regulators. Tria sells its own blue light acne treatment which has been tested and cleared by the Food and Drug Administration.

Josh Turnage is your typical teenager, trying to discover what he wants to do in college and with his life. But a 7-minute, 41-second YouTube video he produced about his mother's fight with breast cancer may thrust him into a debate between drug makers and the agency that regulates them.